Write an essay describing the nature of Coronal Mass Ejections, and try to estimate, based on the videos or websites you visited, how much time the Earth might have to prepare for an event if astronomers discovered that one was brewing, and how much time we’d have if one actually occurs and is on a collision course with the Earth. If we sustained a direct hit, what is likely to happen immediately? What, in your view, is likely to happen over time? Might agrarians or hunter-gatherers cope better with the consequences? What might be done, given the inescapably globalized nature of the world we live in, to reduce and overcome the impact of such an event? Think for example about network robustness and resilience. I want you to write this in such a way that it can stand on its own, independently of the homework.
